Railway car



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T. ELLIOTT 1,525,537'- RA I'LWAY CAR Filed July 21, 1924 3 sheets-sheet 1 U3 :Q t

Feb. lo. 19,25. 1,525,537

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2ST .IJ/ h N l l |f""" il I.' i J T f I Th N I N N uw rL d j /NvENToR THe/*m s ELLIOTT,

Feb. l0. 1925. 1,525,537

- .T. vELLIQTT RA I LWAY CAR Filed Ju1y 21 19244 3 Sheets-Sheet l fCl I Patented Feb.` 10, 1925.

@miren "'iIIIVIAs or CINCINNATI, oIIIo,`

IANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, A. CORPORATION or oHIo.

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" the "quick entrance and exitr of the passengershfvfpartiularly the Conditions `of rovvded passenger traine,v sneh as n'ovv pre- "vailsin irianynfo'f 1the large cities? aiidto U "s`o eo-ordinate the fa'iepayinents with ysuch as that thejpayine'ntslofthe fares vvill not p interfere,biitrather `Workin with and nialreV v 1525537 Paris-*NIT n-ffoififici;.

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l Be tkiiwn that "I, THOMAS ELLIOTT, a

his "invention `'relates "to :improvements incity'railyvay carsw M l n Tlie'lobjeet bftheinvention'is to facilitate rapid entrance and exit of the passengers ythe `more readily possible siieh lquick enf the `iniddle of thecar "anol" at one side theretrance "and exit. l l `4l`With,these important objects `1n vievv, my inventioncoiisists, essentially, lirst 1n pro vifdingsnch railvvay ears,`eitlier neivlybnilt oars or those i already "in existence vvhich With""a fare box `loated'substantially near "f, preferably the curbside.

` relates'to a systeinof passenger :manage- 1 tion'fthe passengers 'who remain on enter- ABy this "arrangement Ilain enabled to "divide the"`actfof fare payments" into two periods, one period `when passengers who seattlieniselves in the rear half of the car, after enteringfat the front "end,"plss the `condiictors station,` invvhich case siich passengerfvvill pay 'Within the ca-rjust before "theyf take seats," and the other period when theipassengers'whotake seats inthe for- Wardlportion of the carpass the oondnctors 's'tationland fare 'boxiwlien they "are ,about to leave the car and are on their vvay to tliefeXit `'doorpaiid my invention further linent consisting in first `receiving the pas serigejrsatlone end ofthe car, later Adischarging "the passengers vatV the l other end, dividing the "fare payinents into two "pe- Friede, in Aone of such periods the fares `be- 1 ing Ipaid bythat `portion ofsucli passengers twho on entering the car rnove to the rear thereof,iand the other periodby that por- 1924. serial No. vaaaio.

ing `'in` the` forward portion ofthe f car,

whereby one groiiiiv of passengers' pay iinniediately on entering and the other group pay justvbefore leaving the car.

This systeni, as above stated,

I carry into edect'by 'nieans` ofniyforganization and 4Coordination "of the structural featiireswofthe car,coniprise d of the aforesaid Ifront entrance doorway and 4real-'exit doorway, com-L ffbined With any centrally located coiiductors station and fare box.

'si arrangement i preferably "niaking the ,l condiictors V station .p and the fare box transferable from one sidet ,0f the CGHEMLPOTLQD ofthejca-lfltathe Other "softhat the conductor inayposition hiinselfwin the V,location finest favorable to @enable him t0 better See] the "movemetsfof i the passengers `as theyenter through and i.

passlontoflthe entranceland exitlfdoorvvays. Y

In'soine instances, Iny improved oar will i have the entrance doors at both sides of the front end and the exit doorsat botlnsides of the rear endas,i n 1 tlieloase.offlsofcalled "donble-endedcars, 'which travel back ild forth verjtheir roiites iyithoiit being turned faround, Abrit in those cases `Where What` is kHWD es Smale-ended aars, aregemployed,

fthatis, cars wliicli-are turned.A around ffat the. termini 'of their routes. I providethe en'trance door at one side vonly of ,theifront ,andthe exit door at, one side only ofthe rearwend; `but 'in both cases I cci-ordinate siich entrance and exit doorswith thlsessenltially4 centrally located,"conductors` station,

and` in *,soine cases prefer to niake suchystation andhfare boirtransferable froniside to side of the car, which transference facilitates the observation of the passengersybyw the condiictor `and which als`-o,-in the case any rQsSQ., Y. Sash as .the requirements pff. e 'Acity ordinance the passengers "1ni`ist enterfat "the rear end ofwthe oarandexit'at the for operation of the `cnnduetorfsfstation at lor near the middle of the caryand transferable frein4 one side "Cifl the I `ear to the`V other, with the endfdoors` andfyvitliont interfering ith Lthislsysteni,of dividing the fare payments fintotwoperidsr Y lproved"`oar Without interfering rwith the'ooi e e g..

` In the accompanying drawings:

-cDnd.uctoi;s station-in the position Ait- -uwuild-- occupy on eithersl dott-he ca-r-;- A.

Fig. 2 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale,

showing the conductors station withali the mechanisms in working order;

Fig. 3 is a verticalse'ctional' view tal'en" on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and looking in the 'direction of the arrows;4

Fig. is a vertical section view ot one of the passengerseats;

Fig. 5 is' an enlarged detail view ofthe 'locking mechanisms `f`or `retaining theV conductors station: andseat in the desired'position.

In Fig'. `1`of the drawings I have shown the relative locations of the. conductors sta- `tion""in' va'double-ended car', with an even number of windows such vcars having doors on either side 'at 'either end and adapted to be reversed at the end of the line. If the 'car had an uneven' number of windows the yconduc'tos 'position wouldpreferabl'y shift 'cli1ectly`-across'to the oppositeside of the car." `My 'invention is equally applicable to a single-ended car or one that'has doors only on one side at 'either end and adapted to be turned around vat the end ofthe line, 'in

" which cars the conductors'position rwould in order that; the conductor remain' stationary'. "The car'l is provided Vw'ith"the usi'ial'platforms 1 Yand 2 having doorways 3 ande', respectirelyx A passageway ektends from one platform to the otherythrough the center ofthe car and end seats 6 and cross seats T either side of the-passageway. Near' the middle ofthe car l 'provide a conductors station or lplatform comprising a Aframe 'work '8 and floor 9. This platform is adapted to 'he secured tothe floor-of the carin any 'suitable manner. ln'the present instance l" have shown means for removably securing saine. To 'this end brackets 10, having recesses, are secured to the frame 'work 8. These recessesA receive spring- 'pres'sed catches llisuitably mountedI in the l floor of the car.'

securing the"platform to the'lioor ot the car has been provided in case itis desired to shiftl the onductoi"s station from one 'sideof the' car to1 the otheras inthe 'cased ot double-ended cars,y rather than 1provide two conductors stations 4in the saine car, may always be on the curb side which w'ill'he advantageous where he has control of the entrance or exit doors or both.' I

'Suitably mounted o n theconductors plat- 'form is a stanchion' 12 adapted tomreceive 'a' change tray' 13 providedwith a metal plate "14 on lthe under side thereof tostrengthen "samexand'sectnrelitto the stanchion.V railare' placed on This means of detachablT i -the-stanch-ioni2.r` Ari-ailing having a. ver

tical portion 19 secured to the 'lloor 9 by ailoor plate 2O and a horizontal portion 21 received by the coupling 1S further serves to supportA the 'change tray.

A seat for the conductor is provided and comprises a seat.proper'22` in the present instance wooden slats, anda supportingr framehaving ahoriZontal member 23, a vertical member 24: anda diagonal b ar connected with the member 2 4 and the seat Theseat with its supporting trame is hingedto theplatform or base, as shown at 2t", and held in place by spring clips 27, of which there are two.

secured t'o each of these yclips and hy pulling onsaid chain both clips maybe simultaneously released7V whereuponthe se at may be swung over on to the platform, as'shown in dotted linesin Fig 3. This willbe con-`A venientin ca se it is desiredto movethe platform fromone side Q fthecar to the other.V f

fare bof; may be mounted on the conductoi "s station in any suitable' manner, as,

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In Fig. t I have shown aspecial forni of car seat which may be installed in ,that portionof the vcar where itis desired to `locate the conductoi"s statioin in order that as much seating space may beretained as possible. This seat has .the usual back supper-529 Ato which is secured the hack cushion member 3 0. v rlhe seat portionl is pivoted to the bacl; member- 30, as shown at, 32j, and a supporting member is pivoted to the forward end ofthe seat 3L L rod, lpivotally attached to the member E jand to a bracket 35, secured tothe bachY support, braces the supporting member 32 and is ot'r suclrsl'iapethat when the seat 31 isfolded up against the back the supporting member will rest against theunder portion ot the seat and be out o f the v,f'a,'., i By equipine car with such seaton either side ea @l Lt r the middle l' ,will be enabled Ato utilize tne entire seating capacityof the car von the side which vis not being occupied by the conductor.` y.

It will thus be seen that by the foregoing arrangement l ani enabledto rapidlytload double-ended andI single-ended cars with the entrance' and exitI doorways both located near the ends of the cars. inthe `case of singlefended cars it will only be necessaryr to provide one conductors station which ma)7 be permanently located ,near the center of that vside of theI car nearest the curb. while in the case ofgdouble-ended carsaY conduetors station majvkhe installed.lonY

A chain 28 is,

*Statie-i y v biielsidetdtlie `jotl'ie'r of the car" at! thei teriiiiiiiis"of` the line."` I have shown oiie" means for' carrying out :this latter step which will not" onlyI` enable lme to "i apply my Vsystenito cars already in use, but` which willilea've thetcars with'practically the saine seatingcapacity in the 01dV systeinfof positioniiigthe conductor near either end of the" car.` So* faras appli'cant'is aware n this systeiii of dividingthe" collection of'the tral doorway was not practical on lines .where the cars have to be reversed instead of being turned around at the end of the line, in which case exit and entrance doorways must be provided on both sides of the car and use of the central doorways on both sides of such cars is objectionable because too much seating capacity of the cars is utilized.

Referring now to my method7 it consists of having all passengers enter at one end of the car and later exit at theV `other end, in

dividing the fare payments into two periods of time between the exit and entrance of passengers, one group of passengers paying their fares immediately on entering the car and passing to the section of the car nearest theexit, the other group of passengers stopping in the section of the car nearest the entrance and later paying their fares on their way to the exit.

I desire to comprehend within my inveiition such modications as may be necessary to adapt it to varying conditions. p

Having thus fully describedmy invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: i

l. A railway car having an entrance doorway near one end, an exit doorway near the other end, a conductors station located in the central portion of the car, seating facilities between the central station and the entrance doorway and other seating facilities between such station and the exit doorway with a passage way leading from one seating section to the other and'past such conductors station, whereby passengers after entering may be divided into two groups, one in each seating section and whereby also one group willimmediately pay on passing the conductors station, and the other group later pay on passing the conductors station for purposes of their exit.

2." A)` railway cars havingi an" entrance' doorwayncar one end, an eXitdoorway near the" other end and conductors statioiisflos cated on both sidesofthecar in the central portion thereof, whereby the `conductor may always `jbeon the curb side, seating facilities between the central stations andthe entrance doriifayfaiitlf other seating lfacilities between such stations and the exit doorway with a passageway leading from one `seating section to" the other and past such conduct# ors" stations; whereby passengers after enteriiigmay bejdivded into two group'syone in each seating' section; and whereby also oney gi'io'upwill immediately pay on passing the conductors station andE the other group later" payont passing" the' conductors station for purposes of their exit.

3. A railway car having an entrance doorway near one end, an exit doorway near the other end, and a removable conductors station adapted to be placed on either side of the car So that the conductor will always be on the curb side, seating facilities between the central station and the entrance doorway and other seating facilities between such station and the exit doorway with a passage way leading from one seating section to the other and past such conductors station, whereby passengers after entering may be divided into two groups, one in each seating section and whereby also one group will immediately pay on passing the conductors station and the other group later pay on passing the conductors station for purposes of their exit.

4. A railway car having an entrance doorway near one end, an exit doorway near the other end, a conductors station and seating facilities between said doorways, one seat located in the central portion of the car on either side thereof adapted to be foldedto provide room for said conductors station.

5. A railway car having an entrance doorway near one end, an exit doorway near the other end, a conductors station and seating facilities between said doorways, one seat located in the central portion of the car onV either side thereof adapted to be folded to provide room for said conductors station, and means for detachably securing said conductors station in position.

`6. A railway car having an entrance door way near one end, an exit doorway near the other end, seating facilities between said doorways, one of said seats in the central portion of the car on either side thereof adapted to be folded to providean unobstructed floor space at such points, a conductors station adapted to be removably secured in such iioor space and moved from one side of the car to the other when it is desired toV have the conductor on a particular side of the car.

7. In Va railway car, a conductors station comprising a platform, mea-ns for supporting a change tray thereon, a seat hinged to said platform, means for securing said seat in operative position, and means for holding said seat over on said platform.

8. The herein described system of managing passenger trailic in a street railway car consisting, first, in admitting the passengers at one end., later in discharging them at the other end, in dividing the fare payments into two periods of time between the entrance and exit of passengers, one payment period being immediately upon the passengers entering and before taking their seats and the other payment period immediately before the passengers leave the car.

9. The herein described system of managing passenger traffic in a street railway car consisting, first, in admitting the passengers at one end of the car, a part of said passengers immediately paying their fares and passing into the half of the car beyond the place of payment where they remain until ready to leave through the exit doorways at the end of the car opposite to the entrance end, the other part of said-passengers remaining in the half of the car adjacent the entrance and later paying their fares as they pass the place of payment on their way to the exit doorways.

In testimony whereof, I atiX my signature.

THOMAS ELLIOTT. 

